See compensator on Wiktionary
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"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "compensatori",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "compensatoare",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "compensatorul",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "compensatoarea",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "compensatorii",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "compensatoarele",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "compensatorului",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "compensatoarei",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "compensatorilor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "compensatoarelor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"feminine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "compensator m or n (feminine singular compensatoare, masculine plural compensatori, feminine/neuter plural compensatoare)",
"name": "ro-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ro-decl-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "compensa"
},
{
"word": "compensabil"
},
{
"word": "compensabilitate"
},
{
"word": "compensat"
},
{
"word": "compensație"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"compensatory"
],
"links": [
[
"compensatory",
"compensatory"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "compensator"
}
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"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nominative- accusative'",
"path": [
"compensator"
],
"section": "Romanian",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "compensator",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nominative- accusative'",
"path": [
"compensator"
],
"section": "Romanian",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "compensator",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive- dative'",
"path": [
"compensator"
],
"section": "Romanian",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "compensator",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'genitive- dative'",
"path": [
"compensator"
],
"section": "Romanian",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "compensator",
"trace": ""
}
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